Dear FIMA members
Assalamu Alaykum
Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim
Praise be to Allah the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. May Allah (جل جلاله (shower His blessings and
peace on the Prophet and Messenger Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم .(
I begin by thanking the FIMA Executive Committee for honoring me with the responsibility of being
the Editor-in-Chief again for this year’s yearbook. I thank Allah (جل جلاله (for giving me this opportunity
and enabling me to accomplish this task. I pray to Allah (جل جلاله (to accept my effort in His way and to
reward all who participated in this effort.
This year’s yearbook is addressing the worldwide serious problem of addiction. Addiction is a
chronic relapsing disease characterized by craving for a drug, compulsive drug use, inability to
control intake, and a resultant state of withdrawal with specific features when the drug cannot be
accessed. Another type of addiction has been recently described, i.e. behavioral addiction. It is the
same condition except that the putative agent is not a drug but a certain behavior.
